ABSTRACT
This chapter considers an application of the law of trusts to a concept that has existed from at least the seventeenth century: charity. It is suggested that most people would believe that charities exist with the broadest purpose of doing good in society. This chapter looks at how charities exist in law and illustrates how charities in law are not limited to the everyday examples (such as the RSPCA or Cancer Research UK) with which you may be familiar .
